A major hurdle in tax administration in Nigeria is about to be crossed, as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has been mandated by law to refund excess taxes paid by individuals and companies within 90 days. Taxpayers who have … read more
RESIDENTS of water-fronts in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have been given four months to vacate the area or face the fangs of bulldozers. Governor Celestine Omehia, who said this at a state banquet at the weekend to mark his 100 … read more
THE Joint Task Force (JTF) in Rivers State has said that it has discovered where militants take their hostages to on the high sea around Ogogboro community. Major Sagir Musa who told the Vanguard, yesterday, on phone that the Brigade … read more
Nigerian troops found the corpse of a man believed to be a foreign hostage floating in a creek on Saturday near a village where five people died in fighting this week, a military spokesman said. Kidnapping of foreign workers has … read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to restore law and order in troubled Ogbogoro village in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State , have found the remains of a man killed and dumped inside the creek by suspected cultists. JTF spokesperson, Major Sagir … read more
FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja and some of his cabinet members have been invited for questioning by the Police Special Investigation Unit (SFU) over alleged looting of about N2 billion. The declaration followed failure of the … read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SA-N), at the weekend said the state government has procured 200 patrol vehicles as part of its quest to rid the State of men of the underworld. Fashola, who spoke while being invested as … read more
Aero Contractors was the first airline to start operations at the the new domestic terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, known as MMA2, after it was officially opened for services with the signing of Memorandun of Understanding (MoU) with … read more
A multi-million dollar fraud ring has been cracked in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, say investigators from Nigeria, the United Kingdom and United States. The crackdown on fraudsters using postal services saw 15,000 counterfeit cheques, written to the value of more … read more
NIGERIA’S military authorities declared yesterday that it had the capacity to handle any possible terrorists’ strike, in a reaction to Thursday’s terror alert by the American embassy. The re-assurance came amid clarifications by the State Department of the United States … read more